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Colorful Festivals to Watch in Leyte Part 4

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COLORFUL FESTIVALS IN LEYTE

One of the beautiful and fast-advancing provinces in the Visayas region, Leyte is famous for its various historic, vibrant, and highly entertaining festivals. Aside from their significance to the local residents of the area, these festivities also serve as serious attractions for local and foreign tourists alike. For years, many people continuously develop a great deal of interest to all these special occasions, which are characterized by colorful parades, eye-catching dance presentations, and other significant activities. Overall, these festivals are very important because they reflect the values, traditions, as well as diverse cultures of the different people living within the area. Read More: http://leyte.islandsphilippines.com/leyte_festivals.php

Pasaka Festival

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The Pasaka Festival, now on its 25th year, is just one event that shows the resiliency of the townspeople. It is also a religious celebration that pays homage to the town’s patroness, Our Lady of Assumption. The festival is an annual thanksgiving celebration of all the blessings received. The festivity is annually held on August 14.

“Pasaka” is a Waraynon word and local term which means “to invite progress, good health and good fortune” for the years to come.

The festival showcases Tanauan’s pottery, banig weaving, farming and fishing as its source of livelihood. It also highlights its natural and marine resources. Read More: http://www.choosephilippines.com/do/festivals/4539/tanauan-pasaka-festival-2016

Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival

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Pintados-Kasadyaan, held every June 29th, is two merged festivals from two different provinces of the Philippines – Pintados Festival of Tacloban and Kasadyaan Festival of Leyte Province. The Pintados festival of Tacloban City is a Filipino festival with its own unique flavour. This Pintados festival recalls pre-Spanish history of the native Leytenos from wars, epics and folk religions. The most expected aspect of the Pintados festival are the festive dancers, painted from head to toe with designs that look like armor to resemble the tattooed warriors. The folk dances presented by the dancers portray the many traditions that flourished before the Spaniards came. Aside from the folk dances, is the much likely parade, which crisscrosses the avenues of Tacloban city. The festival concludes in merrymaking with a signature traditional Filipino fiesta. Read More: http://www.expressbpd.com/travel/happening-hotspot/the-pintados-kasadyaan-festival/297954/

Sangyaw Festival

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Sangyaw Festival is a religious, socio-cultural event and a popular native festival held every 29th of June in Tacloban City. Sangyaw means “to herald news” in the local dialect. It was created in the 80s, cancelled in 1987 and revived in 2008. The revived festival became a big success and participated by cultural contingents from different performing groups of various festivals in the country to compete on this side of the region. Read More: https://faq.ph/sangyaw-festival-2017-in-tacloban-city/